The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-19
FARM NOTES.

1t is said that if apples be fed to COWS the
how of milk will be diminished.
Now is the time to look over the seed cats-
logues and make selections.
Frozen apples may be utilized by being
made into cider. Some varieties will yield
more juice from being frozen than before.
Irregular feeding Will do more to cause
COWS to dry of than any other method, while
the practice is extraYsl ant, inducing waste
and loss OF time.
If your hay is falling short cut the hay and
straw together, add bran and shorts, with a
little salt water to moisten the mass, and the
whole will be eaten.
Try crude petroleum, which will cost
about 10 cents q gallon as a wood preserva-
tive. Applied to fences and wood that rests
on the ground, it will add years to the wear.
If you have any spare time during the
winter, 1t can be put to profitable use in fork
ing over the manure heap. The materials
can not be too fine or thoroughly decom
posed.
Now that eggs are high, the best way to
get them is TO have warm quarters Tor the
hens and feed on a variety of food with
meat as a portion Of the ration three times
per week.
1t is said that when horse slrays of, he is
usually found wandering in the direction
the wind is blowing, thus turning his back
to the wind but with sheep the contrary is
the case, as sheep face the storm.
An excellent method of utilizing The hay
seed and dust is to place it where The hens
can scratch it over. They will find quite an
amount of valuable material which would
be useless for any other purpose.
Professor Arnold believes that there is no
way in which fertilization can be so pro
NOTED as by dairy farming. Butter takes
nothing from the soil that affects ferlili.
zation in the way that wheat and other
crops do.
Try cutting clover into short lengths.
stepping it over night in hot water, and
feeding to the hogs. 1t makes a cheap
food, but one of the best, not only assist
ing them IN growth, but greatly promoting
health.
It is said that damaged starch aud the
refuse from glucose factories can be made to
pay well as articles of food for swine. In
some sections the COWS and steers are fed
with glucose refuse, which is said to be cheap
and excellent.
s. aw aud wheat bran have been found
almC st equivalent to good hay in feeding
value by some farmers; and, las bran is
| cheap materia its combination with straw
should produce fair profit over cost if fed
during the winter months.
Only give the cow plenty OF food, and you
will soon know her full capacity for produc-
] ton. There is a great difference in cows
| some giving a large quantity of milk on
small allowance of food, while the best of
! treatment often fails to secure good results
| from others.
| According to experiments made at the
| Pennsylvania State College sOiling rye yields
! twenty tons per acre of green crop, and past
uIe grass seven and one-half tons. Selling
1 rye yields four and one half tons per acre of
| dry substance, and pasture grass two aud
| three fourth tons. The rye contains nearly
I /.
much prOteine as is present in pasture grass
It should be the aim to have the manure
| heep cheat" until a thorough decomposition
has been effected, but the heating should
lot be allowed TO progress until the heap
"fire-haDgs." By forking over the manure
and throwing the coarser material to the
center the whole mass can be gradually re-
duced TO a fine condition, which will not
| only render it more available as plant food,
but enable the farmer to handle and spread
it more easily.
When pullets are forced to lay early, by
stimulants or highly concen trated food, it is
an injury, as 1t taxes the vitality. A pullet
that is forced will lay very small eggs for a
while, and when she ceases, in order to nest,
she " i'll not begin again as soon as a matured
| hen. She becomes prematurely old, and
| does not prove on the average as profitable
as when she is given ample time to mature
before beginning to lay.
There is no fixed rule for milking kicking
| cows, but correspondent in an exchange
names the following as his method: APP
p1oach the cow whistling, singing or talk
| il TO attract her attention. Lean gently
against her side and tell her to "host.'
Place the head against her and adjust the
stool, sit down and gently grasp the farther
fore teat, then the near one, and with the
head still resting against her, keep milking
and whistling until the job is done.
| All the plans for next season should be ar
ranged now. Have everything in readiness
to begin work when busy spring comes, as
no time can be spared to attend 10 those
matters which may be overlooked now.
There is as much profit in horse-ralsing as
with any other class of stock. A good past
ure will enable the farmer to raise two OF
three colts at but little expense and IL they
are well bred they will always sell at good
| prices.
AN excellent mode of utilizing any spare
time of winter is to clean up and burn al
dried grass and weeds. Trimming the trees
| and vines may be done any time between
| now and spring.
The fall colts may be given all the ground
oats they can eat. As the mares will have
but little labor to perform at this season
there will be no necessity for weaving the
colts before spring.
| Stock, a rule, naturally clean anC
will rot lie down to rest in q manure pile il
more cleanly and comfortable quarters ART
provided, and we all know that cleanliness
is conducive OF health.
Do not cook good, sound, wholesome fooC
| or grain for stock
Silos constructed from wood are growing
in favor among Wisconsin farmers.
Dry earth or muck in the stable will saw
manure, prevent disease and keep the mill
from being tainted.
The Crown Prince of Germany sells /, 00'
quarts OF milk every day from his farm a
Panetz, near Berlin.
Pie-plant is delicious and very healthfu
product, and it should be in every garden
It comes to the table earlier than other gar
den products, and it not only furnishes
pleasant relish, but its acidity is very bene
fetal to the human systsIn, which a. tina
season OF the year, perhaps more than